Bell-plate and card-receiver



(No Model.)

J. G. M-ATTHEIS.

BELL PLATE AND CARD REGEIVER. No. 306,846. Patented Oct. 21,1884

Unirnn STATES JOHN G. MATTHEIS, OF ALAMEDA, CALIFORNIA.

BELL-PLATE AND CARD-RECEIVER.

SFBCIFZCAI'IQN forming part of Letters Patent No.306,846, dated October 21, 1884. Application lilcd January 26. 1384. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN G. lVIATTHEIS. of Alameda, county ot'Alameda, and State of California, have invented an Improvement in Bell Plates and Card-Receivers; and l hereby de clare the following to be a full, clear, and en act description thereot'.

My invention relates to a device which I call a bell-plate'and card-receiver, and it consists of a metal plate adapted to he attached to a door, having an opening through which the bell-handle projects, lugs between which it is pivoted, springs upon the face of the plate to hold cards, and a tablet inserted into the plate upon which a name or card may be written.

Referring to the accompanying drawings for a more complete explanation 0t my invention, Figure l is a view of my device. Fig. 2 is a view of the back of the plate.

A is a plate, made, preferably. of metal, and finished in any desired style. This plate has an opening, B, near its center, through which the handle of a hell or gong projects to the outside to be within reach. This handle is pivoted between lugs G, projecting from the inner side of the plate upon each side of the opening B, and connects with the bell in any suitable or well-known manner. Below this handle is an opening or recess, into which a tablet, D, is inserted, this tablet having a surface, upon which a name or sentence may be written with a pencil and erased, which can be suspended by its side. Above the bellhaudle the plate is extended in any ornamenta1 form, and elastic strips or springs E have their lower ends fixed to the plate, so that their upper ends may curve outward enough to allow a card or cards to be inserted, and be held in place by the elasticity 0t the springs.

This device provides a ready and convenient means for leaving a card or message when the occupants of the house'are not at home, or

for leaving letters in sal'etyuntil they can be J. G. MATTHEIS.

Witnesses:

A. SOHROEDER, A. VIoToRs. 

